The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-05 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales in Sweden. (From the limes' Special Correspondent.) STOCKHOLM, Sept. 29. The gratification—amounting to enthusiasm—felt by the Court and people of Sweden at what they regard as the very high compliment paid to their country by the visit of the Prince and Princess of \Vales continues to evince itself in a succession of brilliant fetes ; and but for the respect felt for the incognito which has been deemed expedient to maintain throughout this present tour, these mania festations of friendly feeling in this part of Northern Europe would be very outspoken indeed. Apart from ties of original consanguinity, there are num. berless bonds of sympathy and of common political interest between Er gland and Sweden, and natu. rally at such a moment these considerations are present to everybody's mind. Both are countries - enjoying representative institutions and the widest amount of personal freedom consistent with good government and respect for hereditary rights; both possess great natural advantages,leading them to de sire the maintenance of peace and public order,with a view to the development of internal prosperity ; both again are Protestant nations, and both in an especial manner are interested in preventing any great nation from acquiring predominance singly in the Baltic. Add to this that it is impossible to be at the Court of Sweden for a single day without being struck with the fact that, as in England, the public weal is made the first consideration,and that royalty exists, not as an item in a great state pageant, but as an active, intelligent trustee of public interests, and it will be perceived what a substantial strength ening of the good relations already existing may be effected through what appear outwardly to be mere personal courtesies. The limited interval during which it will be possible for their Royal High• nesses to remain in this country has led inevit ably to the crowding together into a very short space of a number of grand entertainments; so much so, in fact, that to attend them all is vir tually to preclude oneself of the time requisite for describing any with that care of which they are eminently deserving. The ball at Drottningholm last evening was a reunion of the most brilliant character. Ulrikshsdal, the chateau where the Royal party dined the even ing previously, is a residence owing its internal glories altogether to the taste and outlay of the present Sovereign; Drottningholm, on the contrary, is in all respects a fitting home for the Royalty of Sweden, and as the King, from choice, has fixed his residence elsewhere, it is occupied per manently by the Queen Dowager, who gave this splendid entertainment in honour of the members of the English Royal family. The build ing, which is of great extent, and roofed somewhat in the manner with which the Grosvenor Hotel has made the residents of London familiar, stands on the edge of the Maelar Lake, and is approached from Stockholm across a bridge more than half a mile in length, constructed with movable portions, so as to admit of the passage of steamers plying on the lake. Last night this bridge and the road for some dis tance at either end was lighted up in the effective method that prevails in tbis country—that is to say, with bowls filled with a blazing resinous mixture, supported on pillars erected at regular intervals. The grounds of the castle itself, constituting a park of very large size, had their outlines and the prin cipal walks indicated by an illumination of a simi. lar character, so that en one drove along through the alternate glare aad shadow induced by the fitful breeze towards the building, in which every window was radiant with light, it seemed as if some magi cian's castle of fire were being approached through a blazing avenue. Arrived in front of the castle the affect was not lass imposing. Steamers, to the number of seven or eight, which had brought down spectators or invited guests to the ball, lay off the landing pier, introducing into the scene the unusual adjuncts of steam and rigging, partly defined by the signal lanterns. To the right, flights innumer able of stone steps gave admission to the first of the series of terraces for which the architecture of Drottningholm is remarkable. These are connected by double staircases of exquisite green marble, wide enough for eight persons to walk abreaet, and every terrace gives admission to a new series of apartments right and left. It would be tedious to describe in detail the portions of the Palace, magnificent as these were which were thrown open for the evening. Let any one imegine a series of princely rooms, fur nished in exquisite taste, and abounding with works of art of incalculable value, and he will have formed an estimate not exaverated of the interior of Drott ningholm. But the ball-room cannot be dismissed with a mention equally brief. This is not only a salon admirably adapted to its purpose, having a ceiling painted by one of the bast Sw edish artists, but it is distinguished from all the rest by the series of valuable portraits to which it owes its title of the " Salle des Contemporains du Roi Oscar." With the excention of two half-length pictures, for which places have been found above the doors of entrance to the ball-reomethese likenesses are all on the same grand scale as that of her Majesty Queen Victoria by Winterhalter, a copy of which occupies a promi nent place at the upper end of the rocm. The col lection owed its origin to a desire to commemorate the treaty of 1854, which is regarded as a landmark in the modern political history of Sweden, and, car ried out with the completeness which it has been, a glance reetells the circumstances of Europe as then existing, and the wonderful changes which have since taken place. Less than eight sears have elapsed from the time when several of the pictures were completed, and already eight of those Sove reigns have been removed, either personally or poli tically, from the positions they occupied. "The places that knew them know them no more." Queen Victoria and the Emperor Napoleon it is true main tain the entente cordiale established at the epoch to which the collection bears especial reference, but the likeness placed intermediately with theirs, the mo narch at whose instance these effigies were brought together, Oscar of Sweden, has ceased to exist. It was when King Frederick VII. of Denmark per force put off the uniform of which he was so fond that the troubles began which led to the late me lancholy war; the power which Bombs had abused was not long continued to his successor ; and though King Oda° be still alive, and the troubles egiinst which he had to contend were of domestic, not of foreign origin, he too must take his place with mo narchs that have passed away. The young King of Portugal looks in his portrait as if in his figure there were even then indications of incipient weakness ; and the Sovereigns of Russia and. Prussia, though cast in a different mould, have since, with the King of Bavaria, succumbed to the lapse of time. Eight out of 20 removed in the short interval since 1854! It is a high average, and even in a ball-room it points a moral. Let the consolation be that those who remain have been spared for wise and good purposes; and let us turn from the walls of the apartment to the goodly company it enfolds. A pro cession is on the point of entering the ball-room. The Prince of Wales enters first,leading in the Queen Dowager; then the King, having on his arm the Princess of Wales; next, Prince Hans of Glucksburg, with the Queen of S weden i and following them Prince Oscar and a grand array of notables, embracing all the personages of distinction at present included in the Court circle at Stockholm. The Queen Dowager wore a rich silk dress of deep mauve colour, trimmed with white lace, and a tiara of cameos and diamonds ; the Queen, a sea-green dress, also having white lace over, and a wreath in which white roses were up held by sprays of diamonds. The dress of the Prim cesa of Wales attncted general admiration ; it con elated of a rich flemeacoloured silk, trimmed with the corresponding shade, end having falls of white lace added. The neckla CC and headdress of diamonds worn by her Royal Highness were drawn from the rich store accumulated on the oecu,ion of her mar. ri age. With the excepti on of the officers b e lo ng i ng to the Briti s h squadron, the nests universally peered in simple eveni g costume—habits noire c ravat Blanc —a s th e inviZions here frequently ins list upon explaining. His R oyal Highness the Prince of Wales wore, in addi t i on, the usual star upon his left breast, together with the riband of the Order of the Seraphim. Among the ladies present there ware several with exceedirgly handsome shoulder ornaments. T4ese did not, as i n D en _ mark, imply connexion with any noble or claa ritable Order. It is customary in Sweden, when any lady has officiated at Court as dame d'honneur, to present her upon her marriage with the initials, traced in brilliants,of the reigning Sovereign. A still higher mark of favour is to give the Royal likeness to be worn, encircled with diamonds. Among the ladies possessing this latter distinction in the ball room at Drottningholm was the Countess Brahe, whose late husband enjoyed the privilege of being first on the muster.roll of the Swedish nobility—an honour with the eldest son will also enjoy on at taining his majority. After the usual dances of ceremony a cotillon, introducing several figures of novelty, was executed. Immediately prior to one of the changes of time and measure one of the Queen Dowager's chamberlains entered within the circle of dancers and presented to each in turn a large satin pincushion, from which every lady or gentle. man, if so minded, withdrew a miniature flag, the nationalities presented being Swedish, Danish, and English. No political significance what ever attached to the pavilion, as it was called ; it was merely taken out of the cushion and presented on the next favourable opportunity to the lady or gentleman, as the case might be, with whom the presenter wished to dance, as an indication of that desire; immediately after circling the room once, a return was made to their original partners. Invi tations of this nature might be issued ad libitum while the cotillon lasted, and several gentlemen whose dancing appeared to be in request had quite an array of these miniature ensigns before it con. eluded. The King was bound to obey the law squally with his subjects, and among the ladies by whom he was singled out as a partner was a member of the Swedish nobility, English by birth, whose father produced a very agreeable work upon most of the points of interest in Sweden. To institute anything like comparisons such as those which Paris was called upon to make is an invidious task, and led, we know, in the earliest mythological times to the gravest consequences. Without provoking similar penalties, and yet to gra tify in some sort the natural desire which leads men, even at a show of exotics, to inquire who has won the first pries, it may be stated that the three faces most generally admired were representatives of three distinct types of beauty—Danish, English, and Swedish. About 12 o'clock their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, having first in scribed their names in a book at the request of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, descended with other members of the Royal family, followed by the general company, to supper,which was laid out in apartments under the ball-room suite. These were richly deco rated with tapestries and historical paintings that would have repaid inspection, but it was difficult under thecircunastances to concentrate attention on their merits. In the supper-room devoted to the accommodation of the Royal party the King pro posed the health of illustrious visitors. The general company were invited to drink the healths of the Prince and Princess of Wales by M. Wilhelm Aminoff, Chamberlain to the Queen Dowager. Confederate Steamer at Falmouth, (From the Western Daily Mercury.) The Flamingo, Captain Collier, a Confederate three-funnel steamer, arrived at Falmouth on Sun- day, in nine days and a half from land to land, hav ing left Pictou, Nova Scotia, on the 22d of Septetn.. ber, being one of the fastest runs on record. She came home for repairs, and at the time of reaching the harbour had only about two tons of coal left. From a passenger on board we have received acme very interesting details of the events that are trans piring on the coast of the southern part of North America. The Elsie, Confederate steamer, was cap- tured on the sth ult. by two Yankee men-of-war steamers off Charleston—the steam frigate Quaker City and the Key Stone State. The Eisie had on board about 500 bales of cotton, and was at the time of her capture running the blockade from Wilming ton, being b3nnd for Nassau. The Elsie was shelled for four hours by these two vessels ; and eventually a 6Sib. shell burst on board, and the ship was im. mediately in flames. The captain, finding it im possible to put the fire out, thought prudence the better part of valour, and therefore surrendered. The Ylakees came alongsid,?, and, putting a hose into the Elsie, from both ship, poured in a flood of water which soon put the fire out. They saved the ship, but lost 200 bales of the cotton, which had to he thrown overboard. The captain and crew were viken prisoners, and were all taken to Beaufort, where they were subsequently liberated. When the Yankees came up to the Elsie they thought she had been set on fire by order of the captain, but on finding the fire resulted from the bursting of a shell, all discii;line_was forgotten, and every man commenced looting on his own account, and conse- quently captain and men were bereft of everything that they had. Usually better discipline is kept, and personal property is respcted, but as the ship p was on fire the rights of property were held of no account. About 300 men scrambled up the sides of the ship, and joined in the work of "appropriation.' The Federals allow no liquor to be kept on board their ships, eithtr for officers or crew. It was not so with the Elsie, or the other ships engaged in her line of business, and the first thing that some of the men did was to make for the Captain's cabin, where they made the champagne corks fly " like winking" and in a couple of hours many of the Yankees were dead drunk. When the fire on board the Elsia was put out, the water was up to the fore hatches. She was then towed into Beaufort—a fine booty for those who took her, as her value was abut £50,000. The captain and officers were sent in her, and the crew to Baltimore. But all, as before stated, were eventually liberated. From the same source we learn that the blocked% leg squadron off Wilmington consists now of about 170 vessels, so that it is a wonder any vessels can escape such a close blockade; and indeed it is very difficult and dangerous work, There are now about 40 steamers engaged in running the blockade, There is plenty of cotton always ready for despatch but none growing, as every man between the ages of 16 and 60 is obliged to serve in the war. Mobile and Charleston having been secured, the Federals are able to concentrate all their attention upon Wilmington. The Elsie was fired at the night before she ran by six ships, pouring in grape and canister. None of the men were killed or wounded, As the ship passed along all the men fell flat on their stomachs, and had it not been for the shell she would most probably have got through, as she steamed at the rate of 13 knots, and was a difficult target for the Yankees to practise at in the darkness of a very dark night The Fade rels—or 'Yankees, as our informant always called them—use 100 pounder Dahlgren guns, which will carry 1001 b. shells. Most of the blockaders carry two of these guns —one fore and one aft—which work on a pivot. The yellow fever prevails to a dreadful extent at Bermuda, and in some of the southern parts of America. Its ravages have been unparalleled at Nassau, New Orleans, and Havana. Tne fever broke out in August, and it has prevailed ever since. All the members of the firm to which the Elsie belonged at Bermuda had been carried off, and the chaplain had found it impossible to read the service over the dead—they were so numerous. A ship was found with all the crew dead, and oely the captain and a boy alive on board. She had a cargo of gold dust on board. A new crew was put on board and she was sent on to her destination. In some eases it was found impossible to get men to serve the ships. Business had as a consequence been almost entirely suspended. The ships now go to Halifax to get a clean bill of health, so as to escape the 30 days' quarantine at Wilmington, to which all ships coming from Bermuda have to submit. The Southern privateer, the Tallahassee, arrived at Wilmington, and was there when the Elsie left. She had run through the blockading squadron to get coals. The Yankees have removed all the lights ap proaching the hirbour, and everything that will enable the Confederate to find his way into safe quarters. The consequence is that, besides a pilot every Confederate ship has to carry a signalman who works the ship by agreed signs, with which he alone of all on board is acquainted. When a ship is going to run in he makes a signal to the shore look outs, who then lay down range lights to guide the vessel in. These only burn for a very short time, or they would be aids to the enemy as well as to the friend. The Tallahassee, when running through the fleet, was fired at from every direction. When Mobile was taken, the six captains of the blockade-runners who were left, along with five pilots, all went by train to Wilmington. On their way across they were all taken prisoners, and will be confined till the close of the war. The pilots are regarded as most important personages. As a rule they are all kept in safe custody till the war ceases, when their knowledge may be turned to domestic and social uses. There is a very large quantity of cotton at Sa vannah, but no means of getting at it. There has been only one man killed while en gaged in running the blockade. He was a signal officer and Southerner on board the Old Dominion. He was down below drinking a cup of tea in the steward's pantry. While there a shell burst over him, and " took his head off as clean as a whistle." A very large number of the men engaged on both sides are Englishmen, and the captain of the Elsie is a brave young Cornishman, who was highly com plimented by the officer who took him for his gal lant bravery. The Yankee said he only wished it had been shown in a better cause. When taken be fore the magistrate and examined he was told he might go. "Go where ?" said the Elsie captain. " To the devil, if you like," was the reply. Nothing astonished our captain so much as to hear that ; he made off rapidly, hastened to catch the homeward mail, found it had left four hours, soon obtained another ship, and he is now in England, and will shortly be engaged in the same daring enterprise. It is one of a most profitable character, where successful. The officers receive £l,OOO a voyage. One officer has run the blockade 27 times, and he is now in England with a property estimated at £40,000. The stories we heard were most amasing, and exhibited the greatest pluck and daring. They will, when they come to be related, rival the tales of bygone days. When the men captured the Elsie many of them said they should like to be engaged in the same line, for keeping the blockade was slow work, and there was not much to be got by it. The ships engaged in running the blockade are splendid steamers, which run at the rate of 13 to 15 knots an hour. The Confederates have got a new privateer, named the Edith, but her name will be changed. She was at Wilmington. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BEDFORD RACES-TTJESDIY. The Preparation Stakes of 20 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; the win ner to be sold for 150 soya, if demanded, &c. ; gentlemen riders ; professionals 61b extra. To start at the dis tance and go once round, about a mile and a half, Mr W. E. Jones's ZeLo, 4 yrs, list 41b (Mr W. Bevill) 1 Mr F. Fisher's Triumpher, 3 yrs, lOst 21b (Mr Hobson) 2 Capt. Coventry's Damascus, 6 yrs, list 111 b (Capt. Towneley) 3 Mr C, Blanton's Goldylocks, 3 yrs, lOst 81b (in. 61b ex) (W. Boyce) 4 Mr W. W. Baker's Hypochondriac, 3 yrs, lOst 51b (Mr Wombwell) 6 Betting— 2 to 1 each agst Damascus and Zeloo, 100 to 30 agst Hypochondriac, 8 to 1, " bar 3," offered. Zeloo made play, followed closely by Triumpher, which two quickly ran 50 yards in front, Hypochondriac being a length ahead of Da-nascus, close in whose rear followed Goldylocks. Excepting that these latter three changed places, Goldylocks going on third and Hypochondriac last, there was no alteration in their relative positions until within half a mile from home, when Triumpher dropped away, Goldylocks second, the others having drawn in close proximity to Zaloo and Goldylocks. Upon arriving in the straight Zeloo increased her lead, and Wm. Boyce finding it useless to persevere, let up.Triumpher again, who, how ever, never caught Zeloo, she winning easily by three lengths, which distance separated the second and third. The other; passed ,the post pulling up. The winner was not claimed. The Two-Year , Old Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added, for colts, Sat 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; certain penalties and allowances. About half a mile. Capt. Handley's Viola, Bst 8:b (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr C, Alexander's Cordelia, Bst Mb (inc, 31b extra) (Wells) 2 Capt. W. H. Cooper's Anti-Macassar, 8A 131 b (inc. 31b extra) (Rogers) 3 Mr Drewitt's Bunch, Bst 101 b (inc. 31b ex.) .. (Hibbero) 4 Mr Hartley's Eugenie, Bst 71b (Payne) 5 Mr Mundy's Flight filly, Sit 71b (Fordham) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Anti-Macassar, 9 to 4 agst Viola, 6 to 1 agst Cordelia, 8 to 1 agst Eugenie. Atter two failures an indiff rent start was effected, the Flight filly being completely out of the race the moment the flag dropped, and Anti-Macassar was also left severa lengths in the rear of the other four, who got old' together, Viola making the pace as hot as possible, followed by Cor delia, Bunch, and Eugenie. Approaching the turn into the straight Anti-Macassar drew up, and at the distance, Bunch and Eugenie being beaten, the favourite took third place, but neither he nor Cordelia could reach Viola, who won by three parts of a length. Half a length separated the second and third ; th 3 other two were not persevered with, and Fordham finding it useless to attempt to catch the leaders, wisely pulled up his horse, who trotted in with the crowd, The Town Stakes of 25 ways, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya each, for all ages; selling and other allowances. About three-quarters of a mile. Mr Goodwin's Bessy, 2 yrs (L4O), sst 71b (Goodwin) 1 Mr W. W. Baker's Dsgota, yrs (40), sst 71b (H. Clark) 2 Mr F. G, Hobson's Brother Sam, 4 yrs (X4O), 8s 31b - (IL - Grinishaw) 3 Capt. Goff's Lancashire Witch, 2 yrs (Z4O), sst 71b (A, Hayhoe) 4 Betting-5 to 2on Betsey, who, after considerable delay, occasioned by Lancashire Witch, waited upon Dagon to the half distance, when she came away and won by two lengths. A neck separated the second and third. The winner was bought in for 190 guineas. The Bedfordshire Stakes of 70 60173, added to a Handi cap of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, for three-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra. About two miles. Mr Stephen's Turn of Luck, by West Australian—El Dorado, 5 yrs, Bst 11b Mr Drowitt's Sheridan, 3 yrs, bat 91b (Loates) 2 Mr Angell's Dunkeld 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Perry) 3 Mr Low's Gibraltar, aged, Bst 121 b Betting-11 to 10 on Sheridan, 100 to 30 agst Turn of Luck, 9 to 2 agst Gibraltar, 10 to 1 agst Dunkeld. The latter made play at a good pace, with Sheridan at his girths, four or five lengths in front of Gibraltar, close be hind whom came Turn of Luck. No change occurred in their relative positions until within three quarters of a mile of the finish, where Turn of Luck passed Gibraltar, and after Dunkeld had been deprived of the lead by Sheridan, she took her place alongside the latter, waited upon him to the distance, whore she took up the running and won by a neck. Dunkeld a bad third. Gibraltar was pulled up before reaching the post. • The Consolation Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for three-yr-olds, colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; the winner to be sold for £l5O, if demanded, &e. About one mile. Mr Alexander's Mirage, Bst 71b (Perry) 1 Mr Cliff's Sea Boy, Bst 101 b (11. Taylor) 2 Mr Hodgman's Hawkshaw, Bst 101 b (Fordhaw) 3 Mr Naylor's The Tailor, Bst 101 b .... (Challoner) 4 Bet ting-5 to 4 on Hawkshaw, 4 to each agst Mirage and Sea Boy, 10 to 1 agst The Tailor. Sea Boy made play with a clear lead for three quarters of a mile, when his three opponents closed up. Entering the straight The Tailor dropped back, and at the distance Hawkshaw was beaten. Sea Boy and Mirage made a fine race home, and the latter getting up opposite the Stand won a splendid finish by a neck. Three lengths separated the second and third; The Tailor beaten off. LATEST BETTING, CESAREWITCH. 6fo I agat Gratitude (taken) Bto 1 agat Mail Train (taken) Bto 1 agst Thalestris (taken) 10 to 1 agat Calista colt (taken) 25 to 1 agst Beatrix (taken) 33 to 1 agst Dr Syntax (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lady Frances (taken) THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1864. Paris Autumn Meeting. Delightful weather favoured the second day at Long champs. Of the five events on the• card three brought out large fields, while the running for the Great Criterium—the principal two-year-old race of the year—and the Omnium or French Cesarewitch, rendered the day's business excep tionally interesting. The attendance was large and fashion able, the Imperial stand being occupied by the Emperor, Prince Humbert, and the Princess of Leuchtenberg, with their suites. The racing commenced with a Selling Stakes, which brought ten starters to the post; Mlle. Duchesnois and Antinous enjoyed about equal favour, each finding suppor ters at sto 2. The selection of the two as favourites proved correct by their coming in first and second. The winner to be claimed for 3,000 f, was taken by M. Voisin for 6,275 f. The two-yr-old race came next, and produced fourteen of the 22 coloured ; Duke de Morny's Lelio, by West Australian and. Launcelot Mare, was made a warm favourite at 2 to 1 on the strength of his running at Baden, where he came in second to his stable companion Clermont; it was then thought he might have easily taken first place had not his party preferred winning with the other. As many as half a &nil false starts ware made before tho lot could be got fairly off, the cause being the anxiety of Le Bearnais' jockey to get away in advance of the rest. When the lot did get fairly under way, that horse was in front by a good half ri dozen lengths, and tried, as had been apparently his inten tion, the cutting down system. His object was attained, For after keeping the lead to the stands he was only over taken by Lelio, whom, however, he managed to shake off at the post, and won by a short neck; those two at the finish were alone in the race, the pace made by Le Bearnais hav ing made the running too hot fcr the rest, who came in widely scattered over the course, at a respectable distance is the rear. Edwards, who rode the winner, on returning to scale, got a severe reprimand for causing the false starts, and was menaced with suspension should he repeat the offence. Le Bearnais had just arrived from England, hav ing run second at Newmarket on Thursday in the Trien nial Produce Stakes. The Prix Imperial followed, and proved a match between Nobility and Filibustier; the former was favourite, two to one, and ran first throughout, winning in a canter. The Omnium was the next event on the card, thirteen of the sixty-eight originally engaged presenting themselves at the post. Eva, Heurlys, and Banniere engrossed almost the whole of the betting—two, four, and five being laid against them respectively. The race was looked upon almost as a certainty for Eva, who was considered to be too lightly handicapped at 921 b, as she had beaten Gentilhomme as a two-year-old. The favourite was, however, nowhere throughout the race, and came in last but one, the winner being the Duke de Morny's Perle, against whom almost any odds under 40 to 1 might have been obtained. Perle had this year won the Express at Fontainebleau and the Prix de la Societe at Blois, but without boating any thing of value—she had, however, recently met with an accident, and was supposed to be a doubtful starter, The business terminated with a three year-old race—,the Prix Principal—which was won by the Duke de Morny's Bayard. who was backed at evens against a field of three, one of the starters being M. Lunel's Affidavit, who ran second in the French Derby, and, it was thought, might have beaten Bois-Roussel had he been more judiciously,ridden. This was the third event carried off by the Drake de Morny during the day. It was mentioned on the course that Enoch, the steeple chase jockey, who had a bad fall at the Brussels races a few days back, had died in the hospital of that city. The following are details of the day's proceedings : The Prix Extraordinaire of 2,000 f, for horses three years old and upwards. Entry, 50f. Weight for age; the winner liable to be claimed for 5,000 f ; if for 3,000 f, al lowed 71bs ; for 1,500 f, 151bs. Distance about 2,400 metres (mile and a half). 10 subs, Duke de Morny's Mdlle. Duchesnois, 3 yrs, 1031bs, (A. Watkins) 1 Major Fridolin's Antinous, 3 yrs, 1061bs .... (C. Pratt) 2 M. Sehickler's Leuctres, 3 yrs, 1031bs (Mortimer) 3 The following also ran—Sportsman, Nanterre, Scolvola, Courlis, Dernier-Baron, Rondinella, and Mai. Betting-5 to 2 each agst Mlle. Duchesnois and Anti nous ; 5 to 1 agst Leuctres ; 10 to 1 Dernier-Baron. Dernier-Baron ran in front for the greater part of the distance, and was then beaten and went to the rear ; the running was then taken up by Antinous and Leuctres, but at the stands Mlle. Duchesnois came out, passed the two leading horses, and won easily by a length. The Grand Criterium of 4,000 f. for two-year-olds. Entry, 200 f. ; the second to double his entry. Weight—colts, 1081bs ; :fillies, 1061bs. Distance about 1,600 metres. Twenty-four subs. Count de Lagrange's c Le Bearnais Duke de Morny's c Lelio Count de Lagrange's Schaffhouse . (G. Pratt) 3 The following also ran:—Solitaire, Schooner, Themis, Vatour, Toison d'Or, Mignon, Tourmalet, Girouette, Anec dote, Tancrede, Joli Coeur. Betting-2 to 1 agst Lelio; 4to 1 eget Le B earnais ; 5 to 1 agst Anecdote ; 6 to 1 agst Tancrede; 8 to 1 agst So litaire. After several false starts Le Bearnais got off with a good lead with Schaffhouse, Tancrede, and Joli Coeur running in front of the rest, half a dozen lengths behind Bearnais. After turning to the straight Lelio, who had been working up:from the rear where he was at starting, went forward, and on nearing home had got alongside of Le Bearnais, the latter, however, shook off Duke de Morny's horse at the post and won by a neck. Schaffouse was a bad third, and Solitaire fourth. The Prix Imperial, of 5,000 r, for horses 4-yrs old and up wards. Entry 3001. ; h.f. The second to receive half the entries. Distance about 4,800 metres. Eight subs. Mr J. Carter's Nobility, 4-yrs, 1251ba (W. Carter) 1 Count de Lagrange's Filibustier, 4-yrs, 1201bs (C. Pratt) 2 Betting-2 to lon Nobility. Nobility made the running from first to last, winning by two lengths. The Omnium Handicap of 6,0001 r for horses three years old and upwards. Entry, 300 fr ; 200 fr forfeit, or 100 fr only if declared. The second to receive I,ooolr. Distance 2,400 metres. Sixty-eight subs. Duke do Morny's Perle, 3 yrs, 981bs (A. Watkins) 1 M. Teisseire's Heurlys, 5 yrs, 1151bs (Chitney) 2 Major Fridolin a Comore• Ca, 3 years, 1011bs (C. Pratt) 3 The following also started : —Grande Mademoiselle, Arc turus, Banniere, Fantasia, Constellation, Eva, Nocturne, Baccarat, Vaillance, and Bon-Soir. Betting-2 to 1 agst Eva, 4to 1 agst Heurlys, sto 1 agst Banniere, 8 to 1 agst Comore-Ca, 12 to 1 agst Constel lation, 15 to 1 agst Grande Mademoiselle, and 35 to 1 agst Perle. Boin-Soir made the running to the cascade, when Heurlys went to the front, Bon-Soir being also passed by Nocturne and M. t chickler's two. After turning the lest corner Perle, Comma Ca, and Baccarat went forward, and lay close in the rear of Heurlys. At the stands Perle parted company with the other two, challenged Huerlys, and, getting in front within a couple of lengths of home, beat M. Teisseire's horse by a neck, Comma Ca a bad third, and Baccarat fourth. The Prix Principal, of 3,000 f, third class for horses which have never won a first or second claps prize. Entry, 200 f h f; the second to receive half the entries. Distance 2,400 metres. Six subs. Duke de Morny's Bayard, 1121bs (A. Watkins) 1 M. Lupin's Bartavelle, 109Ibs M. Lunel's Affidav t, 1121bs (Osborne) 3 Baron do Rothschild's Baronel o, 1121bs ....(Williams) 0 Betting—Even agst Bayard, 2 to 1 agst Affidavit, 3 to 1 agst Bartavelle. Affidavit ran in front to the plantation, when he was passed by Bayard and Bartavelle, who finished the race be tween them, Bayard winning by a good length. Affidavit was a bad third. The Attempted Murder at Masbro'. At the Rotherham Court House, on Monday (before Messrs Foljambe, Yates, and Tillotson), Joseph Thompson was charge .1 v ith attempting to murder Elizabeth Roe buck in her oft house, in Masbro', by striking her with a poker, on the 19th of September last. The poor woman, who still appeared to be very weak, and spoke in a rather feeble way, was accommodated with a seat during the pro ceedings. Thompson, on being brought into court, imme diately fainted away and had to be carried out again. Mrs Roebuck appeared with her head tied up with a bandage. Thompson, on being brought into court a second time, was allowed a seat in the dock, Mr Gillett said the doctor believed that the fits Thompson had were assumed. _ Mr Edwards appeared for the prosecution. He briefly opened the case, and then called Mrs Roebuck, who said—l am a widow, and live at Mae bro', and have known the prisoner since about Christmas last, but more intimately eince March. He, was in the habit of coming to my house, and has made prcposals of marriage to me. I discharged the prisoner from coming to the house on the Tuesday previous to the 15th September, on the evening of which day I was going out with some clothes when I met him nearly opposite my house. My little girl was with me, and he said "Oh, mother," and I said, " Now, Joe, you are going to reckon," and he said " Yes," I went on, and he called to me and said, "Am I not to be allowed to call at your house," and I said, " No, I shall not allow you to call any more." He said he should, and I told him he should not, for I should fasten the door. When I got home there was a person in my house mangling, and then another came in. While they were there the prisoner came, at about 9 o'clock, and remained in my house while Mrs Barker and Mrs Lee had done mangling, Before Mrs Barker went out I said to the prisoner, " Come Joe, it is time for you to go home," but he did not go. As soon as they had gone, I told him again to go. He said nothing. I sat down to my supper. He said" Are you going to get your supper ?" I said " Yes, I am going to finish it." He pulled out a small pork pie and said " Get some of that." I said I should not, and he looked at my little girl and said" Perhaps she'll have some." She said "No, thank you." He cut it into three pieces himself, and I told him to get some himself. He said, "Nay, I'm same as you; I've had my supper." Then he pulled a small bottle of brandy out of his pocket. Talking about the pie he made this remark, " It would probably be the last pie we should eat together." I said, " Very likely so, because I'm decided." Then he wanted me to have the brandy, and I said " No, I should not," He said, " You are very wel come," and I said " I dare say I am, but I shall not have it." I then got up and said to my little girl she had not given the cats their supper. She said she had, but had not warmed it. I reached some milk to warm for the cats, and whilst it was warming he , t oo k the poker in his left hand, and said that his keel itched, and he knocked the back of his boot-heel with the poker. I laughed at him, and said " It was one way to scratch where it itched." I then gave the little girl the milk to take into the kitchen, which she did, and soon as she had gone he jumped up and struck me over the head with the poker. I screamed " Murder" and called for my neighbour, Thomas Collinson. I held my hands up to him and begged him to spare my life. I got hold of the poker, but he pulled it out of my hand, and struck me with it on the right side of my head. I felt as if I was going to fall. He then turned away from me towards the door, and I gave a scream. I thought he was going to fasten the door, and I got on my feet again. He then turned round with the poker in his right hand, and I caught a chair in mine and held it up. After this he struck me many times, but my arm and the chair caught more than my head. My boy Edward came running down stairs just as the prisoner was going out the door, and my boy struck at him with the brash, but did not hit him, The prisoner struck:me again several times, and I begged him to spare my life. He never spoke all the time he was doing it. After he had gone se veral neighbours came in—Collinson among the rest, and I sent him for Mr Walker, who came. After he had dressed my wounds I went to bed, and was in bed for 10 days. I have not been able to do anything since. I saw Mr Ker shaw the same night,before I went to bed. I saw the poker in Kershaw's hand. It is now produced. The poker was not near so much bent as it nuw is before Thompson struck me with it. The chair produced is mine, and was not broken before the night of the assault. By Mr Whitfield--I did not eat any pio with him, The first blow was on the right side of the head. I was standing at the time. The blow did not knock me down. The second blow was on the same side of the head. He struck many blows at me, and many of the blows I warded off with my arm. I was never all my length down on the ground. I was standing upon my feet when I was protecting myself with the chair. Many of the blows fell upon the chair. I put down the chair when he left the house. J was standing upright when the prisoner left the house. _ _ Fanny and Edward Roebuck, son and daughter of the prosecutrix, gavo in some measure confirmatory evidence. William Allott, Masbro', said—On the night of the 19th Sept. I was going past Mrs Roebuck's house about half-past ten o'clock when I heard screams of murder. Mr Collinson told Henry Rhodes and me to go across, which we did. Just as we got to the door Thompson came out. I said, " What's your game now ?" and ho said, "Oh, nothing; nothing." I caught him by the coat and he got away from me. I followed him to the Queen Hotel, where he struck me, and I struck him again. We got hold of him there and were bringing him towards the police-office, when we met a policeman, and gave him into custody. He asked us to take him 1- , ),c to Mrs Roebuck's house. As wo were going back I asked him what he had done it for, and he said, "Oh, nothing; I am pleased I have done it." I did not know at that time what he had done. He was not allowed to go into the house. I went in to Mrs 'Roebuck's. She was bleeding awfully from the head. I went to the pri soner and told him she was not fit for him to look at. He made no reply. I sent Thomas Collinson for Mr Walker, and gave the prisoner icto custody. By Mr. Whitfield—Thompson wanted to go to see how she was. He was very anxious to see how she was. llenry Rhodes gave similar evidence, and added—He gave us Is. each to take him back to see Mrs. Roebuck. Thompson asked Mr. Allott if he thought she would get better, and one of the neighbours replied, "No, she did not think she would." Ho then said, lam a happy man ; you may now take me; to the Town Hall. We afterwards gave him up to the police. George Row gave corroborative evidence. Sergeant Kershaw proved the apprehension of the pri soner. Mr B. Walker, who was called to see Mrs Roebuck, said —I examined her head and found three contused lacerated wounds, and the skull fractured in ono place. She was also very much bruised about the left fore arm and hand. The wound greatest in length was one about three and a half inches long. The next in sins was an inch and a half in length; the smallest wound was about an inch and a quar ter long. The fracture on the skull was on the upper and back part of the head. The head was very much battered in several places, I dressed her wounds, and ordered her to bed. She was in Led nine or ten days. Fatal results might have ensued. Her life was in danger about six days. She has not yet fully recovered. The poker that has been produced would have caused such wounds if used with great force. This concluded the evidence for the prosecution. Mr Whitfield addressed the bench on behalf of the pri- soner, contending that this was not a case of assault with intent to murder. Thompson, who reserved his defence, was then com mitted to take his trial on a charge of cutting and wounding, Attempted Murder at Newcastle under Lyne, A sergeant of the 3rd Staffordshire Militia, named Richd. Fielder,made a deliberate attempt to murder his wife on Sunday. It appears that up to the time of the occurrence Fielder was a staff sergeant of the militia, and resided with his wife at the barracks. There had been some unpleasant ness between him and his wife for some time past, and on Saturday he received orders from his adjutant to remove from the barracks in consequence of the misconduct of his wife. He became greatly excited and warmly upbraided her. She tore open his waistcoat and took some money out of the po.kets. He demanded it back again, but she refused to give it him, and ran into a neighbour's house. He followed her, when she took up a chair to strike him. He came out, and returned in a few minutes with a loaded rifle. His wife was thin sitting on a sofa. When he reached the door he deliberately presented the rifle and fired. The ball struck her right elbow, and passing downwards ploughed a furrow in the fleshy part, finally entering the wall beyond, drilling a hole six inches deep. Fielder was at once secured, and he was on Monday brought before the magistrates. Mrs Fielder was the first witness examined. She, however, Lndeavoured to screen her husband, stating that he did not shoot at her ; he only shot at the wall, intending to frighten her. When closely questioned, she said that the rifle was at an elevationwhich would have sent the bullet into her body had she not suddenly thrown herself back. She said her husband appeared to be out of his mind. Since the races he had been thinking heavily; so had she. They had in consequence of that been ordered to leave the barracks by the adjutant. While in India her husband had been twice in the hospital, suffering from delirium tremens, and when he was in drink he was like a man out of his mind. When in that state he once threatened to destroy himself, and on one occasion she had taken a rifle from him to prevent his doing so. Sergeant Major Thomas Walker stated that, on questioning the pri3en,r, he at first denied having fired the rifle; but on asking him how he accounted for the hole in the wall he said " I did it ; I shot her, and I am sorry that I have not killed her." A packet of ammunition which had been given to prisoner was found to have been opened, and one cartridge taken out. When arrested the prisoner said "It was a deliberate act. She has disgraced me. What shall I do ? We are ordered out of the barracks. I must have been mad when I loaded my rifle, for I don't• know how I did it." Further evidence having been given, the prisoner was then committed for trial at the assizes. Alleged Death from a Fight. On Monday the coroner, Mr J. B, Grindon, held an in quest at the Infirmary, Birmingham, touching the death of Charles Burdon, who had died in that institution, it was supposed, from injuries caused in a fight with another man, named Geo. Carpenter. Mr E. C. Board, house surgeon at the infirmary, said the deceased was brought into the house on Tuesday last. He saw him shortly afterwards, and observed symptoms like those arising from an affection of the bladder. He was at first treated for that disease, but in consequence of hearing that he had met with an accident witness made an alteration in the mode of treatment. He died on Friday afternoon, and on Saturday a post-mortem examination was made. Witness ascertained rupture of the bladder to have been the cause of death. That rupture must have been the resul of external violence. It was not an extensive rupture—it was about an inch long. Surgical treatment could not have saved life in a case of that sort. There was no other cause of death apparent. Thos. Lewis, landlord of the Bristol and North Somerset Reilway Inn, St. Philip's Marsh, stated that he knew Chas. Burden. He was a combmaker, about 39 years of age, and a married man with five children. On Monday last deceased was at witness's house. Between six and seven in the evening witness was engaged in the front par lour, when he heard a commotion in the taproom. He went there and saw Carpenter and Burdon. They were quarrel ling about the cards. He was very angry at the sight of the cards, and he seized them immediately and sent' for a po liceman. In the meantime he saw several blows with fists pass between the two men. They closed together, and fell heavily on one another on the floor. They fell three times. The last time Burden was undermost, and his head struck a leg of the table. His head bled, but not a great deal. Wit ness did not hear him complain of having received any in ternal injury. Witness left the room, and Burdon was takes home in a cart by his brother-in-law. By a Juror—They were not over remarkably gone with drink, but they had been drinking together, and appeared to be perfectly sensible. Carpenter brought the cards into his house without his knowledge and against his rules. He said he had fetched them at Burden's desire. Henry Cock, cooper N owtown, said he had a slight know ledge of the deceased. He was in his company on that day week at the Bristol and North Somerset Railway Inn. He was there at a quarter past six, and saw Carpenter and Burdon playing at cards there. Carpenter was a coachman out of employ. A dispute took place between them. They had arranged that the first man who played a false card should forfeit a chalk. It appeared Carpenter played a false card, and the deceased took a chalk. Then deceased played a false card, and Carpenter wanted to take a chalk, but the deceased would not allow him to do so, and then a dispute occurred. They began to fight, and when they had had one round he stopped them, and one of them hit him on the nose for so doing. They then sat down quietly for a time, but again fought, and Mr Lewis came into the room. They fell three times, and witness again separated them. It appeared to him that neither of them had sus tained any serious injury; but on one occasion Burden fell very awkward—all of a heap on his face. He did not com plain of being hurt. Both men were tipsy. Immediately after the fight witness found Burdon lying down moaning in the yard. George Carpenter, after being cautioned by the coroner, said the evidence which had been given contained nothing but the truth. Ho believed, however, that the deceased since he had been in the infirmary had given his opinion that he (Carpenter) had not caused the injury. The deceased's wife was called, and she stated that what her husband said at the infirmary was that he felt hurt before he was put in the cart, but the jolting of the cart had not done him any good. The Coroner summed up, leaving to the jury the ques tions—Was the rupture the result of violence? and, if so, was that violence intentional or accidental ? The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from ruptu.e of the bladder. rADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment.—All varie ties of ulcerations, bad legs, sores, wounds, and eruptions, can be cured by the diligent use of this cooling, soothing, and healing unguent, The old and often-failing fashion of strapping the edges of ulcers together with plasters has entirely given way before the more reasonable treatment by Holloway's ointment, which builds up from the bottom of the wound with sound and healthy granulations; these gradually grow till they reach the level of the surface, then contract, harder, and immediately become covered with a new and wholesale skin. The proper application of this ointment diminishes the inflammation, causes the un healthy discharge first to grow thick then to cease. The pills should be taken so as to act in unison with the °int.. went. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—Among the pains of wealth and power not the least is that they cannot do what they want mostly. They can do a great deal in the way of caprice, or to satisfy the exigent for a season, but if they are combined with high and useful aims they are doomed to disappointment. The great wealth and power of this country are manifest in our cities, our palaces, our fleets, our prisons, our railways, and innumerable splendid institutions. But there is a crook in the lot of even Imperial grandeur and benevolence. They cannot effectually reform the dwellings of the poor. We believe that the gene rous instinct which lately prompted a distinguished merchant to spend a fortune for this purpose alone, following the example of a lady who has left many a like mark on this metropolis, is very widely dif fused., Were there no special difficulties in the way, most gentlemen with adequate means would make great sacrifices to see their peasantry or their work. people well housed. But something stops the way and brings the most earnest endeavours to a dead lock, till perhaps the resources are otherwise spent or the impulse itself worn out. Even in its vast aggregate it is a small thing compared with the wealth of this empire. The calculation is not diffi• cult. Let us confine ourselves to the agricultural classes. It is they that have the most claim to public sympathy, because theirs is really the worst and the most helpless case. In any town, if a man chooses to pay a shilling a week more or to walk half a mile further, he can change one room for two, a lodging for a house of his own, or a wretched hovel for a commodious and healthy cottage. But is not so in the country. Besides the low rate of wages, there are generally other causes in the rural districts that put it almost out of the power of the labourer to choose his own abode. It often happens that there is not a single cottage in the whole parish fit for a large family. Even where there are several they ace not obtainable. They must be waited for, and much interest must be made tor them. Meanwhile the elements wait not. Disease comes and goes as it lists. The course of nature cannot be retarded for human convenience, though it be to crown the most virtuous hopes and reward the most meritorious exertions. Before the healthier home has been ob tained the growing progeny has been stifled in its contracted nest, and it is only a sad and sorrowing remnant that reaches the wished-for haven. Such is the ordinary case of our agricultural poor. They may easily be well fed and well clothed, but not so easily well housed. This is what England, with all its wealth and power, cannot remedy. Yet, as we said, even the aggregatecost is a trifle in the national scale. If we suppose there to be a million agricul tural labourers in this island, three-fourths of them to be ill housed, and au average expenditure of £lOO to be sufficient to build new cottages or renovate and enlarge old ones, then a total of 75 millions would complete the desired reform—a little more than our annual income, and much less than the cost of the Russian war. So we are obliged to a " Herts Vicar" for recalling us to a topic which, old though it be, is unfortunately still new. The case he describes is one of sad frequency. A village prospers. The people find work for all ages, for women and girls as well as for men and boys. There is an unusual demand for small services. Men are calling to ask for lodging for a few weeks or a year. 'I here are buildings, roads, railways, planting, or incosieg within the radius of a few miles. There is straw plaiting, lace making, or some other small industryl l on the increase, and still paying well. The first impulse in the struggle for existence is the struggle for wages—wages with excessive toil, wages with hardships, wages with peril, wages with diminished life, wages with inevitable sickness, wages at the sacrifice of family duties and affections —but anyhow for wages. So in wretched tene ments that refuse to expand, and cannot be ex changed for better, families increase, and will not seek their fortunes elsewhere. Perhaps their work itself, by its monotony and its very toil, weakens the energy and takes away enterprise. Be that as it may, there is one thing that even the strong and healthy labourer seldom gives a thought to. He thinks of his meals, his fireside, his clothes, and a few other wants, but little indeed of his sleep. He goes to his bed, as to his nightly grave, for oblivion, and little heeds whether the vapours of his chamber be even as those of the grave, and the bed itself be too apt a type of the final rest. He does not always wake as well rested as he might ; nay, he often finds, he knows not how, that he is more tired in the morning than he was over night, and is not quite himself till set up by open air and a meal. If ho thinks little of himself, as little does he think of his wife and children—what air they breathed in the night, or how they felt in the morning, or how it told on their weaker frames, with less to restore them in the daytime. He does not ask how it is that with food enough, and no visible foe to health, yet his children do not thrive as they ought. If he chance to return to the little chamber in which he and nine or ten other pairs of lungs have been breathing the same air with hardly a chance of change for as many hours he is almost knocked down by the odour, as "A Herts Vicar" truly saye, and as every diligent parish priest knows well by experi • once. But he thinks no more about it ; air is air to him, and an ill odour is only a nuisance, per ceptible to the waking, but harmless to those who perceive it not. So he and his family go on spending nine hours out of the twenty-four in an atmosphere forbidden to oue unions and gaols. The poison, nevertheless, works its way as surely as that of a reptile or a mad dog. The system is undermined. The lungs lose their energy of action. Every muscle and every fibre loses its self-recruiting power. An epidemic comes and finds prepared victims. They fall before it easily. Even if they recover from the specific disease they die of the weakness. In the collapse from one malady they sink into another, and perish before a foe who attacks them with a more terrible reserve in his rear. Just surviving measles they are destroyed by fever. What better account can be given of the case described by our correspondent, when the death-rate of a large agri cultural parish in, as it appears, too prosperous circumstances, was suddenly raised four-fold ? It may possibly turn out that the medical treatment of measles and fevers has much to answer for, and that with proper care convfilescence need not be so fatal in operation. But in these cases, unhappily very general, w' see the prima facie proof of a want of stamina or reserve of force in the system. When, too, a whole family is attacked by an epidemic, or is slowly recovering, nature itself must fight with terrible odds in an overcrowded cottage, where the safest of all medicines, fresh air, is denied. It is not to be denied that there is a mystery in epidemics that no theory can meet, and that only forbids the supposition of any one preponderating cause ; but all experience sets pure air and epidemics in the strongest possible antagonism. As things now are in this country at a time when we are beginning to feel the value of souls, and of bodies too, that agri cultural population which is the rough basis of our national strength has to struggle with conditions perfectly removable but most injurious to health, and. in a certain large proportion, actually fatal to life. Many thousands of valuable lives are annul ally lost by a merely social difficulty, for it is only social. It rests with the owners of land and the employers of labour to say where the blame rests; but the evil exists, and in the letter before us we see too plainly that the remedies are very slow in reach ing it, if indeed it is not getting far ahead of them. POST.—The Wreck Chart and Register of Wrecks for the year 1863, published in the — Journal of the National Life-boat Institution for the present month tell a sad tale of suffering and loss of life, relieved by an account of the lives saved by means of the life-boats stationed on our coasts. The lifeboat is naturally and peculiarly an English institution, be cause our large maritime commerce suggested its necessity, and our skill in naval architecture, also the consequence of our insular position enabled us to construct these light but buoyant vessels in a way capable of weathering the most violent storms. In illustration of this we may adduce the fact that during the past year 414,000 vessels, using round numbers, entered into or cleared our ports on our coasts ; an amount of shipping which represents about 62,000,000 tons burthen, and a money value of more than £400,000,000; while the wrecks and casualties on our shores during the same period were upwards of 2,000. Of these more than half were caused by stress of weather, and the remainder by defects in the ships themselves, or through the negligence, unskilfulness, or mismanagement of their crews, together with various unknown causes not specified. But, whatever the cause, the effect is the same for the crew, and then it is that the uti lity and value of the lifeboat are experienced. In the course of last year about 5,100 lives were saved, principally by means of the lifeboats stationed on our coasts, of which there are now as many as 182 in fell service throughout these isles. There are 21 of these on the noasts of Scotland, and 22 on those of Ireland. Besides the lifeboats stationed at the most appropri ate points on our shores, there are 239 mortar and rocket stations in the United Kingdom; Scotland has 26, and Ireland 43. Within the past eight years these various establishments have been the means of saving more than 25,000 human lives, upwards of a fifth of which were rescued from drowning during the past year. The lifeboat stations on the shores of England are 139 in num• ber, and the mortar and rocket stations 170. On looking over the Wreck Chart of the British Isles it is terrible to contemplate the innumerable black dots which mark the numbers and localities of mari time casualties and wrecks. Side by side with these are the thin red lines which indicate the lifeboat stations, and these assure us that help is at ha n d. Still the number of lives lost is terrible to contem plate. From 1854 to 1863 nearly 7,800 lives were thus sacrificed. And of late years these casualties I have been much on the increase. This is probabl4 due to the increase of cur maritime trade and the rapidly augmenting numbers of the vessels which enter and leave our ports. But of course there are exceptional years of storms. Th e wrecks and casualties in the ear 1860 were 1, 39 in 1861 they were 1,494 ; in 1862 they were 1,82 7 ; and in 1863 they were 2,001 —making a grand total of 8,117 within the period of four years. The come paratively moderate increase of the former years suddenly presented an excess of nearly 200 wrecks and casualties in 1863 over 1862, arid of considerably more than 300 in 1862 over 1861. This was owing to the severe gales and storms which occurred 1.0 the last three months of the year 1863, and 111 January, October, and December, 1862. And hers we come upon a very important point in considering these matters. We allude to the weather forecasts derived from the readings of the barometer. The National Life-boat Institution hasa hundred of thus! instruments at its various stations on the co ast, an the Board of Trade has a like number at other cons venient points on our shores. With the assistance of a diagram or chart for showing the variations o the barometer, sectoring men can tell what the weather will be with a degree of appr °x i:motive certainly sufficient for practical purposes. It is ti" deed chiefly to the lack of such a precauti 011, or t he disregard of the admonitions of the craicksil ver, that so many casualties are due. But it is grati lying t ° know that our fishermen and sailors are becom in g more and more educated every day in this eel essential branch of maritime knowledge. The fata i gales of the autumn of 1863 were distinctly an d emphatically indicated by the barometer. The tre mendous storm of the 30th October was foretold by the perturbations of the quicksilver as long pre` viously as the 27th, and it continued falling up t° the time when the full stress of the gale was felt along our coasts. The violence , of the storm Inal be judged from the fact that the pressure of Wit"'" or atmosphere in motion, was about 301 b to the square foot. The storms of the following months were predicted by equally unmistakable syroptoe3s, But though, as we have seen, there has been steady increase in the annual number of wrecks and casualties, there has also been a sithn l ` taneous falling off in the number of lives sacrificed. For instance, the number of lives lost in 1863 is less than the annual averag e of the last twelve years by 161. This no doubt is in great part owing to the exertions of the life.. boat crews stationed on our shores. In the beginning of December last, during one terrible night of terns pest, 120 human souls were rescued by the lifeboat from a couple of ships wrecked on the Girdler Sand s and the Shingles. One of these vessels was full of emigrants. The crew of the lifeboat were at woe all night, drenched with the waves that washed over their small and fragile craft at every plunge, tie d numbed and frczen by the icy wind, But they flagged in their labour till they had brought theirs last freight of human beings—men, women , se' children—safe on shore. During that December storm about 250 human beings were saved by th e lifeboats; nor should we forget to mention the bane" volent and humane co-operation of the employes o f the Board of Trade, the coastguard, and the fishe r. . men and boatmen round our shores, who are eve' foremost in the danger when there is human life to be savad. According to the statement before us, t ° . the National Lifeboat Association is due the credit of having contributed to save the lives of 14,0 0 ?, persons. This institution alone claims to have s ave' more than 400 lives and 17 vessels within the pal year, and to have granted rewards to the crews of shore boats and others in respect of the xescue 300 lives more. But numerous as our lifeboats rail be thought, from the figures stated above, they ar e not so numerous as they ought to be. One of these small vessels may have to go to a wreck and return several times before it has brought off the creW au passengers. If we take the case of an emigrant shill' or a ship principally used for the conveyance of Pa s ; senger, or a troop ship, we shall easily underst an ' how the greater number of persons on board mig ht be sacrificed through the vessel going to pieces on the rocks before the lifeboat sent to her rescue had been able to convey her instalments of human life fro th the wreck to the shore. Let us hope that the tim e is coming when, through a proper attention to the forecasts of the " Weather-office," the habits in our sailors of consulting the barometer, and the service s of the lifeboat, the number of wrecks, and especiallf the great sacrifice of human life which they involve/ will have become greatly diminished, COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS—TUESDAY. There was a moderate show of grain to-day al °l t t : market. The demand for wheat is still aud E ' though prices are not quotably lower, the trade rules 113," Barley, oats, and beans easier to purchase. Averages—Oct. 3—Wheat 39s Bid per qr. -- —Oats - - —Beans 40s 6d -- - —Peas ..36s -- - —Barley 33s OM -- 28s 6i LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. There was a good attendance of both town and country dealers at market to-day,and the business done was of a more active character, and English wheat sold at about 2d Pe r cental advance on the prices of last market day. Barll beans, and peas at fully Friday's prices. Indian corn st active at 6 ) to 9d advance. Oats and oatmeal may ,Il quoted at 6d per load decline. Flour in bettor request, an good fresh qualities the turn dearer. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. A moderate attendance of farmers and factors to-daYt b ut the trade on the whole ruled dull. Wheat mainta'ned P re: vious rates. The trade in barley was quiet, and at 181 " rates. Flour, oats, and other articles at late prices. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...lss Od to 16s Od ...17s Od to 18s Od New red .. 15 s Od to 16 3 y New white „ lt Beans 17 ff Peas, per qr Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, ~ Oats t; Flour, is 5d to i s 10d per 1 1 412213 5 . 06282 88s8ss °6°°6:ddddd ttit ol 12331 64:62 665533(1:01 111 BRISTOL—TuEssIY. A fair attendance to day, with a more active b usille/ / doing.in wheat, and prices slightly lower. Barley, bean peas, and oats extremely dull. Maize rather firmer. MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. A fair show of wheat, amongst which were some fine 0. 11 , a ; lities ; the trade, however, was not very active. 1 3 a r ' e ;.' was plentiful, and prices rather easier, Oats 6d che a P e ; —The following were the currencies :—New white vvli e3 408.0 d to 44s Od ; new red, 37s Od to 41s per 36 stout)! beans, 33s to 42s for old ; new sorts, 35s to 3 7s per 38 stoat, barley, —s to —s for malting, and 27s to 29s per qr. „ it s grinding; new oats, 20s to 25s Od per 24 stone; b to 295. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..... Oct. 11,' v',a Marseilles ... Oct. ° brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Nov. t Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 2,,./' China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Oct. I', via Marseilles Oct. IQ' Falkland slands Gibraltar, l via Southampton Oct. 11 , India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. l , ' —' via Marseilles Oct, 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. 1 1 ' via Marseilles Oct. t Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. I. l * via Marseilles Oct. 6. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo: U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Oct. 1 2 . by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Oct. 7. All parts of "West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Oct. 141 California. and British Columbia. Births. BARRY.—OD the 3d inst., at 1, Old Palace-yard, 5. 111.° Mrs. Edward M. Barry, of a son. DAMER.—On the Ist inst,, at Haziewood, the lion. bra, Seymour Dawson Darner, of a son. PETRE.—On the 3d inet., at Coptf old Hall, Essex, the Lady Catherine Petre, of a bon. WALKER.—On the Ist inst., at Edinburgh, the o°ll. Mrs. Walker, of Dairy, of a 'daughter. Marriages. , ,0 LYTTON—VILLIERS —On the 4th inst., at Saint 17„,9,1.4:0 Church, Knightsbridge, Mr. Lytton, only son of the wrist, Hon, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., M.P., to , l E. Villiers, daughter of the Hon. Mrs. Edward ViWoo and niece of the Earl of Clarendon. 1010 CRAWHALL —EmmET.—On the 28th ult., at Halifax , -,, Bownas Crawhall, Esq., second son f Isaac Crawl e r Esq., of the Priory, Nun-Monkton, York, to Ellen, ee. daughter of the late John Emmet, Esq., of Craven Lodz Halifax. KiTcRING—WooLEY.-0a the 4th feat. , at Ilac k° ll elf Albert George, only son of George Kitching, Al • of Enfield, Bliddlesex, to Honoria Lydia, second daugl. ter of George B. Wooley, Esq., of The Eagles, liack n Deaths. of Totte n' BURGESS.—On the 2d inst., Mr. Wm. Burgess, ham, aged 69. DAVENPORT.—On. the 2d inst., Thomas Davenport, Ecl't of Abercromby-square, Liverpool. HODGES —On the 2d inst , at Bayswater, Edward llodge9l Esq M.D,, late of Bath, aged 55. ne t HonNE.---On the let inst., at Greanwich, Isaac llor Esq,, aged 75. wire. RUSSELL.—On the 2d inst., at Aden, Aberdeenshire. J.-- Russell, of Aden. SALTER.—On the 2d inst., at Bayswater, Richard Fran Salter, Esq., M.R.C,S., aged 53. C. WATERWORTII.-011 the 3d inst., at Newport , I • " '' A. Waterworth, M.D., aged 24. London : PrinZ,ed aiad frbllslied by WILLI.A.MANDIO',I2. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE SUN Office .15nt0* o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. 2n the 0:ti1 v Alltitilegez,—Wednesday, October 5, 1851.